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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: ST230 on 14 October 2008, 19:31:50

Title: Cat woes....
Post by: ST230 on 14 October 2008, 19:31:50: would a blocked cat attribute to poor running issues?????
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: Entwood on 14 October 2008, 19:33:53: Any blockage in the exhaust gas flow will cause problems, IMHO it's unlikely to be the cats do the the way they are constructed .. more likely to be the back box which has a great tendency to split internally and send loads of wadding out the back .. looks like horsehair/wirewool .. :(

This can even cause eml warnings as the gas flow is so badly disrupted . :(

This happened on the old 2.5 .. new exhaust and everything was back to normal . :y :y :y
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: iainb on 14 October 2008, 19:48:51: Simple answer is yes.
But miggys have there own qwerks,with blocked breathers that can lead to rough running and oil leaks.
Please update you profile so we can see what car you have and where you are.
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 14 October 2008, 20:04:45: Cats cant be blocked easy..But other parts of exhaust do..As Entwood said..
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: Bandit127 on 14 October 2008, 20:45:29: Quote
would a blocked cat attribute to poor running issues?????
I have been a member of:
Ford Cougar Forum
Audi Forum
Scooby Forum
OOF.

I must have read tens of thousands of posts. I have not once read a thread where a cat got actually got blocked. In fact, the only time I have heard of it was a Cataclean advert on selly telly....

If you are worried about your cats - leave it in third for a blast at 80 on the motorway for 10 miles a few times. The chemistry of cats makes them self cleaning - they just need lots of heat to work (more than 600°C)
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: Phil B on 14 October 2008, 23:03:13: I had a blocked cat once in my mk5 escort. Half the honeycomb broke free and rotated 90 degrees :-[

All those bl@@dy speed humps they peppered the roads with through keele uni! >:(
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 15 October 2008, 01:22:21: Quote
I had a blocked cat once in my mk5 escort. Half the honeycomb broke free and rotated 90 degrees :-[

All those bl@@dy speed humps they peppered the roads with through keele uni! >:(

funny you should say that - my mate Mike had a blocked cat on his escort, same reason.

I once had a cat fall apart and become blocked on a Pug 406 1.8 Estate. At the time I was only around 19 and didn't have much of a clue about such things, so I ended up paying £350 or so at ATS for a pattern cat :'(

So far the Omega ones have been reliable for me, it's usually the cat back exhaust system that rots first....
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: ST230 on 15 October 2008, 20:38:07: Quote
Simple answer is yes.
But miggys have there own qwerks,with blocked breathers that can lead to rough running and oil leaks.
Please update you profile so we can see what car you have and where you are.

profile updated.

it is the V reg 2.0 auto that is running like a bag of ..........

anyone who can help wins a beer.
:y
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: ngrainqey on 15 October 2008, 21:01:07: Quote
Quote
Simple answer is yes.
But miggys have there own qwerks,with blocked breathers that can lead to rough running and oil leaks.
Please update you profile so we can see what car you have and where you are.

profile updated.

it is the V reg 2.0 auto that is running like a bag of ..........

anyone who can help wins a beer.
:y

lol might be worth spraying some carb cleaner into the idle control valve.. there's a small airway that gets blocked and causes the bad idling problems
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: iainb on 15 October 2008, 21:04:09: Maf sensor and idle valve.Might be on to a winner :)
Title: Re: Cat woes....
Post by: ST230 on 16 October 2008, 19:29:21: right.....

the car is running like a dream now....

the number 3 lead was arcing out somewhere....

swapped it and all is well now.

thanks for all your suggestions guys.

:D